Cultivator.



No. 7|4,l68. Patented Nov. 25, I902.-

J. E. GAMALIELSONL CULTI VATORQ (Application filed Nov. 23. 1901.) (NoModel.)

ATTEST INVENTEJE 'BY 7% ATIY TNE Noam PETERS cu: Puuroumcq WASHINGTON cUNITED STATES .ATENT OFFIQE.

JOHAN E. GAMALIELSON, OF KAUMANA, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,168, dated November25, 1902.

Application filed November 23,1901. Serial No. 83,482. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHAN EDWARD GA MALIELSON, a citizen of theUnited-States, residing at Kaumana, in the district of Hilo, Territoryof Hawaii, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in aCombined Cultivator and Grass and Weed Rake; and I do declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, whiehwill enable others skilled in the art to whieh it appertains to make anduse the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my newcultivator, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof asit appears whenfolded or turned for transportation.

The cultivator as invented, constructed, and used by me and shown by theaccompanying drawings has its bars or parts a and c and 0 made out ofsuitable steel bars bent downward at the rear end of each part to aboutan angle of fifty degrees and constructed so as to constitute both theteeth and the framework of the cultivator, and said parts are heldtogether laterally by rods d of threefourth inch round steel insertedthrough pieces of three-fourth-inch pipe about six inches long, formingspacing-sleeves between the beams or bars 0, c, and 0 Each of said steelbars 0, c, and c is bent edgewise, so as to constitute a tooth forstirring the soil and gathering weeds, as above described. Holes areformed through the steel bars 0, c, and c for the rods d, andscrew-threads are made on the ends of the rods d, whereon nuts are putand screwed up, so as to bring the frame-bars c, c, and a close upagainst the ends of the pipesections to hold the whole cultivator firmlytogether.

This cultivator when complete contains eight teeth and covers a spacethree feet and four inches wide, which answers all ordinary purposes;but, if desired, the number of teeth may be increased in order to covermore ground at one stroke, and the outside toothbars 0 as shown by thedrawings, are detachable and may be detached when it is desirable tocultivate narrow spaces.

Instead of being made in the ordinary way of cultivators, widest behindand narrowing down to a point in front in the shape of a snow-plow,which has a tendency to throw weeds and grass in among the plants wherethe cultivator cannot go, but from whence the weeds have to be gatheredby hand at great expense, mycultivator is widest in frontand narrows toa point behind. This enables me to gather the weeds it gets hold of andto pull up weeds or grasses of a stringy or creep ing nature from amongthe plants.

If ther are any weeds in the field that a hard to kill in the ordinaryway, this cultivat r can be made to run them togelher into miles, and byhearing or pressing somewhat firmly on handles 6 this cultivator willcarry earth to cover the woods ith, and by repeating the proce s a fewtimes the Weeds can be buried in the ground, where they decompose andadd to the fertility of the soil. The Honehono grass, so called, is verytroublesome to the cane-planters of Hawaii, where the climate is wet,and the killing of this grass had formerly to. be done by hand. This isnow done by means of this cultivator at less than one-half the formerexpense. When this cultivator is used to discharge weeds, the operatorraises the handles, whereby the weight of the cultivator is thrown onthe wheels (Land the cultivator being lifted off the ground drops theweeds behind, while at the same time it rolls them over and leaves theearth on top. When turning at the ends of the rows in the field withthis cultivator, it is lifted up behind and thrown forward on thedraft-frame a and may be folded, as shown in Fig. 2. Then it turns on avery small space of ground on its wheels. In this folded position it canbe transported on its wheels like a cart, which is a great advantagethat no one will fail to appreciate that has broken ground or scatteredfields to work with, as the old style of cultivators had to be carriedeither by men or on a cart or sled, and in turning with the oldcultivators a large space of vacantground was required to turn on;otherwise it would break or disturb the plants, which is avoided by thisfolding cultivator. In stiff, heavy, or wet ground this cultivator worksbest with the teeth set with the narrow or cutting edge forward; but inlight, dry, or sandy soils that may contain numerous grassroots it worksbest with the teeth twisted about five or six inches from the points andset broadside forward and the points made like chisel-points, ortheteeth made to turn the soil after the manner ofa narrow shovel ormoldboard. In bending the steel bars 0 and c in bringing the ends ofthem down to form teeth, they should always be bent edgewise regardless'of any twist on the teeth below, as the edge bent elbow is thestrongest. There are two scrapers f built into the framework to keep thewheels from clogging.

The draft-frame a is adapted to have the cultivator-frame tilted orturned over upon the samein front of wheels I), so as to rest and carrythereon, and the driver steadies the same by walking alongside andholding it by one hand.

What I claim is 1. In a combined grass and weed rake and cultivator, aframe comprising a series of metallic bars of different lengths rigidlyconnected across the entire implement and comprising a central bar andsets of side bars a, c and c at each side having their rear ends bentdownward and forming teeth, and said bars arranged to form asubstantially V shape with the point of the V on the said central bar atthe rear, and the said side bars sh0rt ening from the center forward atthe sides with the shortest bars at the outside, all said bars beingspaced apart equally from end to end, rods connecting said bars into onerigid frame and sleeves thereon spacing the bars apart, and awheel-support centrally at the front of each side section of said framerigid therewith and a wheel in each wheel-frame, and draft connectionsand handles, substantially as described. Y

2. In a combined weed and grass destroyer and cultivator, a series oftooth-bars parallel from end to end their entire length and arranged insubstantially V shape with the shorter bars at the front and sides,rods, and sleeves on said rods rigidly connecting the said bars, the twoside bars 0 and c on each side having their front ends bent downwardlyand wheels supported therein, and draft connections from the lowerextremities of said bars 0 c, at the axis of said wheels, substantiallyas described.

\Vitness my hand to the foregoing specification this 13th day ofSeptember, 1901.

JOHAN E. GAMALIELSON.

WVitnesses:

FRED. BREYMAN, GILLSON BELL.

